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Thursday, 27 September 2012

Yes, those New York City subway ads are racist and despicable. But hey, that is free speech for ya. Not everybody feels the same way, yet we all have equal rights to express ourselves. 'They' get to say what they want, and 'we' get to say what we want. Deal with it. And then fight your battles appropriately. With words. Arguments. Debate. Collect some money for a counter ad campaign. Out-smart them verbally. Not with vandalism.

I thought all of us 'decent' people had decided that was the adult way to deal with situations like this, when those 'savage' muslims started attacking American embassies* last week, because someone insulted their prophet. They were 'barbaric' in that they were incapable of formulating a proper response in words (or perhaps an equally offensive video - poorly made, of course) and chose to fight with their hands instead of their brains.

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

I think the placement is creative, but I'm not sure how nice this is going to look when she's wearing a bikini. And yeah, obviously this is going to look horrible when she is 60, but all of us are going to look awful when we're old, so a little ink is not going to make much of a difference.

Friday, 7 September 2012

The Netherlands has a reputation for being a pretty liberal country: soft drugs are legal, just like abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage. One of the main attractions of the capital Amsterdam is De Wallen, the local red light district. Apparently it is also pretty normal to study porn. Saher Amash is a student of Gender & Sexuality at the University of Amsterdam. For his master-thesis he decided to research Arab porn. He compared his results to the outcomes of a study Marleen Klaassen did on mainstream pornography, also at the University of Amsterdam.So, what are the main differences between Arab and Western porn?Firstly, women in Arab porn are older than the women in Western porn: 35% under 25 years of age versus 61%. The men are also older (7% under the age of 25 versus 43%) and in Western porn in general there are more women than men.About 42 percent of women in Arab porn are moderately overweight, while 52 percent in the Western porn is clearly too thin. Western porn appears to have a preference for extremely large penises.However, in both studies, approximately one quarter of the men have a small penis. In Arab porn there is more pubic hair. Ninety percent of men and 37 percent of women were unshaven, compared to 28 percent and 7 percent in the Western study.